The announcement comes as Saudi-American relations remain strained by the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and the kingdom’s ongoing war in Yemen.
Biden’s uphill battle to save the Iran nuclear deal
The looming showdown between Biden and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is made more fraught by domestic pressures within both countries.
Israel: Military revising operational plans for Iran attack
Israeli military chief of staff’s remarks are a clear warning to the Biden administration on its relations with Iran.
Israeli military chief warns of new plans to strike Iran
Israel’s military chief Tuesday warned the Biden administration against rejoining the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, even if it toughens its terms, adding he’s ordered his forces to …
Russia, Iran Flaunt Strategic Ties as They Face New US Policies Under Biden
“We hope that the efforts being made now will yield results and will allow the JCPOA to be preserved, and the United States will return to full implementation of this resolution,” Russian Foreign …
Indonesia detains Iranian, Chinese crews of seized tankers
Indonesia says it has detained the Iranian and Chinese crewmembers of two tankers that were seized for illegally transferring oil in Indonesian waters …
Biden should look beyond leverage to rejoin the Iran deal
President Joe Biden took office at a moment of global crisis, and tensions with Iran are among his most pressing foreign-policy challenges. After four years of nonstop hostility between Washington and …
The real problem with Robert Malley’s potential Iran envoy appointment
Few early Biden administration decisions would be as controversial as the rumored selection of Robert Malley as chief envoy for Iran talks. Code Pink has come to his defense, as has the Bernie Sanders …
The US is looking at new bases in Saudi Arabia as tensions with Iran simmer
A military spokesman said the evaluation had been going on for over a year, sparked by the September 2019 attack on the Saudi oil industry.
UAE, Bahrain: We need ‘unified voice’ with Israel on Iran’s missiles, nukes
Speaking to FM Ashkenazi, ministers from Gulf states say Jerusalem and its new allies can together ‘exert greater influence on the US’ …